Fireside broiler



March 18, 1958 'R. 1.. SMITH FIRESIDE BROILER Filed July 25, 1956 FIG.3.

INVENTOR ROY L. SMITH United States Patent FIRESIDE BROILER Roy L.Smith, Parks, Ariz. Application July 23, 1956, Serial No. 599,653

3 Claims. (Cl. 99-393) This invention relates to food cookers orbroilers.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a food cooker orbroiler designed for use near an open fire such as a fireplace, campfire or the like, which may be collapsed when not in use in a novelmanner for greater portability and compactness, all of the parts beingcollapsed or removed and placed into the boxlike base member forming apart thereof.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a firesidebroiler of the above type wherein the broiler bar, forming a partthereof, may be turned in an easy and ready manner to permit the food tobe turned without removing from the broiler bar to effect an economy oftime during the cooking operation.

' Other objects of the invention are to provide a fireside broilerbearing the above objects in mind which is of simple construction, has aminimum number of parts, is inexpensive to manufacture, and elficient inoperation.

7 For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention,reference may be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which: a

Figure l is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention with the parts shown in operative relationship to each otherfor cooking the food;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof taken along the line 2-2 ofFig. 1 and illustrating in phantom the collapsed position of the partsafter the broiling rod has been removed;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary front elevational view shown partly insection of the connection of the broiling rod to the upright; and

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of one of the parts of the invention used forturning the broiler rod.

Referring now more in detail to the drawing, there is shown a boxlikebase member including the side walls and the end walls 11 as well as therectangular bottom wall 12, substantially as illustrated.

A transverse rod 13 has the opposite ends thereof journalled in thesides 10 at one end of the base and fixedly mounts at the center thereofat right angles thereto the tubular upright 14 by means of welding orthe like, the upright 14 being open at the top for a purpose which willhereinafter become clear. The upright 14 is also provided with atransverse opening 15.

A second transverse rod 16 has the opposite ends thereof mounted in theside walls 10 near the other end of the base and hingeably mounts thesupporting rod 17 by means of the looped portion 18 provided at the endthereof, as will be obvious. The other end of the rod 17 is formed withthe laterally bent portion 19 which passes through the opening in theupright 14 whereby to support the same. It will be apparent that uponremoving the laterally bent portion 19 of rod 17 from the upright, thatboth the rod 17 and upright 14 may be rotated into the base member asshown in phantom in Fig. 2.

A broiler rod 20 is provided and fixedly mounts a plurality oflongitudinally spaced hooks 21 upon which the meat to be broiled orcookedwill be supported. Each of the hooks may be provided in pairslocated at the ends of the U-shaped members 22 which pass downwardlythrough suitable openings'provided in the broiler rod 20. The centralmost rod 22 formed with the hooks 21 at the opposite ends is alsoprovided with a centrally located loop 23 for a purpose which willhereinafter become clear. The broiler rod is mounted at the top of theupright by means of a fixedly mounted depending, centrally located pin24 which extends downwardly into the upper end of the upright 14, butbeing provided at its lower end with a notch 25 which is received onto atransverse pin 26 fixedly mounted in the upper end of the upright.

A wire handle (Fig. 4) is provided and includes the elongated portion 27formed at one end with the hook 28 and at the other with the handle loop29, substantially as illustrated.

In operation, the meat will be supported on the hooks 21 with thebroiler rod 20 locked in position by the end of the notch 25 and pin 26.However, upon raising the broiler rod slightly by means of the hook 28of the wire handle member 27, the broiler rod may then be rotatedthrough 180 degrees to again bring the notch into registry with the pinand to lock the broiler bar by lowering the same. By means of thisconstruction, the meat may be turned without removing the same from thehooks to effect an economy of time. When not in use, the upright 14 willbe collapsed into the base member and the broiler rod removed therefromand placed similarly therewithin.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters I Patent of theUnited States is:

1. A fireside broiler comprising a base member having side walls and endwalls, a first transverse rod having the ends thereof journalled in saidside walls adjacent one of the end walls, a hollow tubular uprightsecured to the center of said first transverse rod at right anglesthereto, the upper end of said tubular upright being open, releasablemeans for locking said upright in the upright position and to permit itscollapsing intermediate said side walls, a broiler rod having aplurality of supporting hooks for supporting meat thereon, means forremovably mounting said broiler rod at the upper end of said upright andto permit its rotational movement through 180 degrees whereby to turnthe meat without removing the same from the hooks, said means forsupporting said upright comprising a second transverse rod having theopposite ends thereof connected to' said side walls near the other endof said base member, a rod rotatably mounted on said secondtransverse'rod at one end, the other end of said supporting rod having alaterally bent portion, said upright having an opening adapted toreceive said laterally bent portion therewithin when in the uprightposition and to permit its removal therefrom to collapse the upright andsupporting rod onto said first and said transverse rods, said means formounting the broiler red at the upper end of said upright comprising adepending pin fixedly carried by said broiler rod at the center thereofand adapted to be received within the upper end of said upright, a notchat the lower end of said pin, and a second transverse pin secured withinthe upper end of said upright adapted to be received within said notchwhereby to lock said broiler rod against rotational movement about saidpin.

2. A fireside broiler according to claim 1, including a ring at thecenter of said broiler rod to permit h raising of the same and therelease of said pin from said notch and to permit the rotation of saidbroiler through 180 degrees whereby upon release of said ring thebroiler rod will again be locked in position by said notch and 3. Afireside broiler according to claim 2, said hooks being formed by theprovision in said broiler rod of Iongitudinally spaced pairs of openingsthercthioug'n, and U-shaped members having their central portionssupported on said broiler rod with their end portions passing downwardlythrough said openings therein and being formed with said hooks, thecentral most of said U- shaped members being formed with said ring atthe center thereof.

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